Meet Paul Welch, a “slightly progressive leftist” who voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primary and Hillary Clinton in the general election. Welch had the snot knocked out of him by Antifa thugs at a Portland demonstration on Aug. 4 when they mistook him for a member of the alt-right because he was holding an American flag:

Some Antifa geniuses beat up a Bernie Sanders voter counter-protesting the alt-right rally in Portland because he was holding an American flag. https://t.co/VcPvOzm3Hg

Well, CNN suggested mutliple times it is ok to punch fascists, so all that is standing between you and a punch is the decision by a street thug to claim you are a fascist. Great work all around @ChrisCuomo@jaketapper…